How “cutting corners” enabled a massive physics breakthrough:
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/heat-0729.html?tr=y&auid=5232422

We’ve covered the earth with it, but we had no idea how it worked… until now…
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/cement-0909.html?tr=y&auid=5356791

“Powerful” ideas:
http://web.mit.edu/mitei/news/spotlights/engine-innovation.html?tr=y&auid=5628667

Seriously, games are in my blood:
http://sliceofmit.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/mit-developed-video-games/
http://sliceofmit.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/mit-developed-video-games-redux/

For mummies who want to raise young innovators:
http://sliceofmit.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/pop-up-book/?tr=y&auid=5628968

And some other cool ideas:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4332914.html?tr=y&auid=5628693